PENSIONER Susannah Duxbury's happiest memories of Burnden Park revolve around the OUTSIDE of the stadium.

While the 77-year-old may not have been Bolton Wanderer's greatest fan, she played her part on match days back in the early 30s.

Susannah was a home made parking attendant with a difference.

She explained: "When I was 14 my family moved to Weston Street, at the Manchester Road end of the ground.

"In those days a great many men used to cycle to the match and I used to mind their bikes for tuppence.

"I used to bring them into the front garden and keep my eye on them throughout the match. I did that for about four years."

Another pair who used to look after bikes for tuppence a time are BEN assistant news editor Frank Wood and his cousin Tony Wood, of Great Lever. Tony's parents kept a baby linen shop right opposite Burnden and their back yard was transformed into a packed bike shed on match days. But for the Wood boys, they were always games of 70 minutes instead of 90. Ten minutes after kick off, the lads used to lock up the yard and nip across Manchester Road to watch the match. Then sprint back 10 minutes before final whistle.

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